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moving staircase

moving staircase noun: an escalator.

moving staircase: an escalator
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Noun

moving staircase (plural moving staircases)

  1. (UK) An escalator.
    • In terms of the income scale British society has been compared to a group of people on a moving staircase. While the staircase as a whole moves upwards the relative position of the people on it remains largely unchanged.2008, John Irwin, Modern Britain: An Economic and Social History, page 27

Forms of moving staircase

pluralmoving staircases

Questions about moving staircase

What does moving staircase mean?
Moving staircase means an escalator.
What part of speech is moving staircase?
Moving staircase is a noun.
What is the plural of moving staircase?
The plural of moving staircase is moving staircases.

Words near moving staircase in the dictionary

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  2. moving someone to tears
  3. moving south
  4. moving spirit
  5. moving spirits
  6. moving staircase
  7. moving staircases
  8. moving target
  9. moving targets
  10. moving the deckchairs on the Titanic
  11. moving the dial

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